Panelists
2014-2015 Fast Track
November 12, 2014
9:00 AM - to conclusion
Teleconference (How to participate)
Chair: Patricia Warren
Program Manager: Sarah Stage
Stephanie Chill
Pinellas County
- Curator, Dunedin Historical Museum, Dunedin Florida
- Project manager for Special Events at Dunedin Museum, Inc.; Project leader for Heritage Management cohort, Newcastle upon Tyne, England; Education chair for ICCHS Student Organization, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
- Volunteer work with the Curatorial Department at Museum of Fine Art, St. Petersburg, Florida; Conference intern with Southeastern Museum Conference 2013; Curatorial intern at Oriental Museum, Durham, England; Visitor Experience and Event volunteer at National Trust: Cherryburn, Mickley, England; Public Affairs intern at Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C.
- Prior educator and youth camp director for TESOL programming, St. Petersburg, Florida; Teacher coordinator for foreign teaching staff, Koriyama, Japan
- M.A., Heritage Studies, Newcastle University, England; B.A., Anthropology and Organizational Communications, University of Central Florida
K. Alison Schaeffler-Murphy
Leon County
- Program Manager, Poetry Out Loud and Florida Individual Artist Fellowships, Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs
- Glass Artist/Owner, Tints and Reflections Studios
- Prior Curatorial/Education Intern, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts; Gadsden Arts Center; Volunteer Education Assistant, Museum of Florida History
- Former Arts Administrator, Bougainvillea House Gallery; 13th Annual Pigeon Key Art Festival; Florida Keys Council of the Arts
- Former Art Teacher, Monroe County Public Schools
- M.A., Art History, Florida State University; M.A., Arts Administration, Florida State University; Graduate Certificates in Art Museum Education and Museum Studies, Florida State University; B.S., Art Education, Florida State University
Robert Thaler
Leon County
- Executive Director, The Artist Series of Tallahassee
- Previously Executive Director, Boys' Choir of Tallahassee
- Extensive work experience in radio broadcasting, business ownership, marketing and promotion
- Board-level experience with arts and human services programs in California, New York and Florida
- B.A., Philosophy, Duke University